Garment support



LUDWIG GARMENT SUPPORT Filed Oct. l0 A remita a. ia, rane.

THOMAS I. LUDWIG, F DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

taint GARMEN T SUPPORT.

Application filed October 10, 1923. Serial No. @$7,763.

j T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that THoMAs I. LUDWIG, a citizen of the United States, residing at Detroit, in the county of Wayne and State of Michigan, have invented a new and useful Garment Support.y of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to garment sup-- porters and aims to provide novel means to be supported by the usual belt, for contacting with the body of the wearer to support the garment by frictional contact.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device of this character which will be readily and easily secured to a belt, the device being such as will conform to the curvature of the body of the wearer.

A still further object of the invention is to construct the device in such a manner as to insure against displacement thereof with respect to the supporting belt.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed, may be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing'from the spirit of the invention.

Referring to the drawing: j

Figure 1 is an elevational view disclosing a portion of a ybelt supplied with a supporting device constructed in accordance with the device.

Figure 2 is a sectional view taken on line 2-2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a sectional view taken on line 3 3 of Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a modified form of the support.

Figure 5 is a still further modied form of the invention.

Referring to the drawing in detail, the reference character 5 designates the belt which is of the usual construction and to which the auxiliary supporting strap 6 is secured as by lines of stitching 7, disposed along the edges of the belt, leaving the central portion of the auxiliary strap free to move with respect to the belt 5.

Spaced openings 8 are formed in the auxiliary strap 6 which openings accommon date the curved .extremities 9 of the supporting wire 10 which includes a curved body portion formed with upwardly and downwardly extended end portions l1 terminating' in the curved extremities 9 as clearly shown by Figures 1 and 3 of the drawings.

Positioned on the body portion of the supporting wire 10 is a tubular member 1Q formed preferably of rubber so that the tubular member may be readily and easily positioned over the` wire 10. As shown more clearly in Figure 2 of the drawing, the wire 10 is curved to conform to the curvature of the body of the wearer adjacent to the hip, whereby the curved tubular member 12 may, by its frictional contact hold the belt 5 and garment supporting the same, in its proper position.

Should it be desired to adjust the supporting devise, with respect to the auxliary strap 6 the ends 9 of the wire 10 may be removed from the openings and positioned in adjacent openings to the comfort of the wearer.

In the modified form of the invention as illustrated by Figure 4 of the drawing, the supporting wire which is indicated at 13 includes a length of wire bent upon itself as clearly illustrated in dotted lines to lend resiliency to the support, the ends of the wire extending upwardly and downwardly as at 14 where they terminate in right angled extremities 15 designed to be fitted' within certain openings of the auxiliary strap.

A tubular member 16 is also formed of suitable flexible material and is positioned over the wire to frictionally engage the body of the wearer. ln Figure 5 l have illustrated a further modified form of the invention which includes a supporting body 17 on which the rubber covering 18 is mounted, the ends of the body portion 1T being bent around the curved wire 19 which is also curved and extended downwardly lo engage that portion of the wearers shirt extending below the waist line.

'.l'he wire 19 is also covered by a tubular covering 20 to increase the friction between the wire and that portion of the shirt of the wearer engaged thereby. Securing wires 21 extend into the covering 18 and disposed between the covering and body 17, the ends of the securing wires 21 being curved rearwardly as at 22, where they are crined with hooks 23 designed to be posito which the same is supplied by its yfrictional contact with the body of the wearer at Ypoints adjacent to the hips of the wearer.

l It` will also'beseen that due tothe constructionand location ofthe member 19 the lower Vportion of thevshirt of the wearer .will be held'down bytrictional Contact ot' the inem'berfQO with the shirt.

v I claim zc l Vl. lin a device or the character described,

a supporting belt, an auxiliary supporting vstrap secured to thebelt and havingl a plurality of spaced openings, a supporting member having curved extremities adapted to be positioned inthe openings and lie between the supporting strap and belt and a coveringforsaid supporting member.

2. In a device of the character described,

a supporting belt, an auxiliary supporting strap secured to the belt und having open-- ings 'tornied therein, a` curved supporting wire having upwardly and downwardly extended end portions terminating in right angled extremities adapted to be positioned inthe openings, and a covering ot' flexibler material disposed over the curved wire to friction-ally engage the body or' the wearer.

3. In a device ol the character described, a supporting belt, a strap secured to the supporting belt and having openings, a. body portion including a length of wire lient upon itself and having curved ends terminating in rightangled portions adapted to be positioned in the openings of the strap, and :i cover of tiexible material po sitioned on the body portion.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing :is my own, l have hereto ahixed my signa* ture in the presence of two witnesses.

THOMAS I. LUDWIG.

Witnesses rHENRY O. BEARD,

STELLA AsAM. 

